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Giving

DateThursday, January 1, 2009 at 12:50PM

I know, everyone has already "done" their end-of-year charitable contribs, right?  Well, here are a couple of suggestions and I want all of you to buck convention and go ahead and give at the beginning of the year.  $20 can change the life of someone who is living from meal to meal and risking life and limb just to get firewood.  A blanket or a shovel can be someone's prized possession and could make all the difference for the survival of the children.  And no one cares if you send a check that's dated December 31.

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Ok, how liberal/leftist is that first group? How much money actually reaches these people? I fear anything with the word "Berkeley" in it.
January 1, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPam
A reasonable question. The Berkeley-Darfur Stove was developed by a physicist at Berkeley spcifically in response to the needs of the refugee. It's quite brilliant. Its design characteristics are tailored to the needs of the people and to the windy environment of the region.
Here is the story of the invention: http://www.bioenergylists.org/en/berkeley-darfurstove
This explains the design: http://www.darfurstoves.org/darfur-stove/

If you go to the link for the Hunger Site, you'll notice that they tell you how much of your donation goes to the Stove Project. $20 subsidizes the stove- the recipient has to ante up $10 on his own to discourage him from selling the stove for scrap.

Both the design and the donation structure impressed me as excellent. There are other sites that also distribute the stove, but I like this one the best because of transparency.

Thanks for asking!
January 2, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbbmoe

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